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WVU men enter season with high expectations

MORGANTOWN — Jasper Floyd has been on both sides of the thrill of victory and agony of defeat. He won a junior college national championship at Northwest Florida State in 2022 and then was part of North Texas’ semifinal run in the NIT a season ago. The Mean Green fell to UC Irvine in the ...

Miracle League game sees high participation rate

PARKERSBURG — Nearly two dozen athletes took to the baseball diamond at Bennett Stump Field on Oct. 4 for the third Miracle League of the Mid-Ohio Valley Demonstration Game, according to a press release from event organizers. The participation numbers were the largest out of the three ...

Picture This: Ron Johnston joins Mid-Ohio Valley Softball Hall of Fame

Ron Johnston, a retired local sports editor and writer, was inducted into the Mid-Ohio Valley Softball Hall of Fame on Sept. 27 at the Parkersburg Moose Lodge. Johnston was accompanied by wife Becca and son Jacob. He is a cancer survivor and the author of “One-Game Wonder,” available ...

Streak Intact: St. Marys wins 7th straight regional golf title

ELIZABETH — In order to keep the streak alive, the St. Marys golf team had no margin for error. And Monday during the Class A, Region I Tournament at Mingo Bottom Golf Course the only four members of the program were spot on in bringing home a seventh consecutive regional ...

Health, QB, defense points of emphasis for WVU

After six long, grueling weeks against some of the best teams in the Big 12, West Virginia finally gets a much-needed bye week. It couldn’t have come at a better time. The Mountaineers have lost three straight all against Big 12 teams. WVU hasn’t won a Big 12 game and is last in the ...

Williamstown runners sweep Ritchie Invite

ELLENBORO — Tyler Consolidated’s Amos Kimble and Travis Moore finished one-two at Saturday’s Ritchie County Invitational, but the Silver Knight boys had to settle for a runner-up team finish to Williamstown, 44-46, while the Yellowjacket girls rolled to a 32-66 win ahead of second place ...